Course Introdution

The workshop will be dedicated to exploring techniques to capture, analyze, deconstruct and reconstruct body movements using it as a fundamental material. We will be using sensors, video analysis and photography as the building blocks and develop these techniques as our design tools. Understanding how bodies flow through cities will help you leverage this idiosyncratic view and bring greater dynamism to your designs as well as a deeper understanding of how people actually use and move around and inside the things you create. As introduction to the second phase of the workshop, we will go through a first process of translating the captured data into a temporary installation within the site, using light as our basic construction material. This process projects a first creative translation of flow into the space, allowing us to test and evaluate the results and their effects at 1:1 scale. Using cutting edge generative design techniques, this process offers a first introduction into data translation techniques and rule-based computational design in Rhino/Grasshopper and Maya.